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National Quality Forum Measure Applications Partnership Call for Nominations Closes May 6

Policy Snapshot
April 23, 2021
The Measure Applications Partnership (MAP) Call for Nominations for organizations and individual subject matter experts is open. The MAP is a public-private partnership convened by NQF to provide input to the U.S. Department of Health and Human...

Chronic Care Management: Comparative Billing Report in April

Policy Snapshot
April 23, 2021
In late April, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will issue a Comparative Billing Report (CBR) on Part B claims for chronic care management. Use the data-driven tables to compare your billing and payment patterns with peers in...

Medicare Wellness Visits — Revised

Policy Snapshot
April 23, 2021
CMS revised the Medicare Learning Network Medicare Wellness Visits educational tool. Learn about: Annual wellness visit Initial preventive physical examination FAQs and resources Many Society members have reported billing the Annual Wellness Visit...

COVID-19 Update: FDA Revoked the EUA for Bamlanivimab When Administered Alone

Policy Snapshot
April 23, 2021
On April 16, the FDA revoked the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for bamlanivimab, when administered alone , due to a sustained increase in COVID-19 viral variants in the *United States that are resistant to this antibody therapy. The FDA...

An International Consensus List of Potentially Clinically Significant Drug-Drug Interactions in Older People

JAMDA
April 23, 2021
We aimed to establish an explicit list of potentially clinically significant drug-drug interactions (DDIs) in people aged ≥65 years.

2021 Medical Director of the Year: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Spotlight
April 22, 2021
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join “I think this award is really for all of us this year,” says Leslie Eber, MD, CMD, AMDA’s 2021 Medical Director of the Year. “We have all risen to the occasion and put compassion and diligence at the forefront...

Health Information Technology Challenges and Innovations in Long-Term Care

JAMDA
April 22, 2021
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) spent over $38 billion to incentivize the adoption of health information technology (health IT) through the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of the...

Community-Based Integrated Care Units: Intermediate Care Units for Older Adults in Japan

JAMDA
April 21, 2021
Demographic changes caused by the global aging of the population are leading to increased medical and care costs. Several models of care that avoid admission to general acute care hospitals, increased medical costs, and poor outcomes after...

Maximizing Efficiency of Telemedicine in the Skilled Nursing Facility during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

JAMDA
April 20, 2021
Telemedicine has rapidly become a significant component of healthcare during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, and is particularly beneficial in delivering care to vulnerable populations in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). To limit...

Variation in Care of Community and Nursing Home Residents Who Died of COVID-19 in Ontario, Canada

JAMDA
April 20, 2021
Worldwide, nursing home residents have experienced disproportionately high COVID-19 mortality because of the intersection of congregate living, multimorbidity, and advanced age. Among 12 OECD countries in July, Canada had the highest proportion of...